The always incredible Danny created that. Yeah, this lil’ piece of beauty is going straight into the Fan Art Gallery. How amazing is that, and yet that’s not all. We got covers for each chapter from Danny. And it all ties back to my main point here, which is that y’all are the best readers anyone could ever ask for, and I mean that with all my heart.💌

Reading your amazingly kind and sweet comments while building the playlist, hearing how long you’ve been reading Soft Touch and what it’s meant to you - it’s all a reminder of how wildly lucky I am to have the best group hanging with me in Ketterbridge. I don’t think I could possibly say how grateful I am for each and every one of you enough times to make you realize the extent to which I mean that. Seriously, from the bottom of my heart: thank you, for being here, for your support, for your patience and kindness. It’s honestly everything to me.❤️

By the way - some of you were already reading Soft Touch when I moved last time, into the apartment I’m at now. Well, guess what! I’m moving again, in a month or two! And this time not just to a new place down the street. I’m moving to Detroit!🌃 I’ve never lived there, but I think it’s a dope, underrated place and I feel more at home there every time I pass through. And I’m excited to try someplace new!☺️

I just wanted to share that because it’s why I’ve been so busy lately, and if the posting schedule is slightly irregular over the next two or three months, that’s the reason! I’ve got to coordinate getting myself and my roomies packed up and moved over there, meaning I have to find a way to drive for about six hours with a blind cat who’s only been on car rides lasting about fifteen minutes before now.

But that’s all only a temporary situation! We’ll be right back on the normal schedule once the move is complete, and in the meantime I will do my very best to keep the posting schedule consistent.☺️ I just wanted to give you a heads-up in case episodes are delayed sometimes, which might happen since I have just. A lot of boxes to pack, and then unpack!📦

Okay, enough about me. Back to the playlist, the point of the post! You can find the links to both the YouTube and Spotify version below, as well as the tracklist! As usual, I’ve kicked the playlist off with my top song, but otherwise the songs are in completely random order, so put it on shuffle and find yourself some jams!🎧 If I got the wrong version of your song or somehow missed it, please leave a comment to let me know and I’ll fix that right up!

There’s so much good stuff to listen to, y’all. I mean, an entire playlist was left in the comments by DaBestestGay, who I hope doesn’t mind that I’m adding it to my website. A couple of you have sent me Soft Touch playlists, actually, and I’m in the process of trying to figure out how to link them all without slowing my website all the way down. What a good problem to have, provided by the raddest folks around.

Happy new year, my amazing readers. I adore you all, I’m so glad you’re here, and I hope this year brings you nothing but the best.🌱

Happy listening!🎶🍃💛

XOXO,

River